Les Biches

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Poulenc' - "half monk and half naughty boy" according to a music critic - wrote his first ballet 'The Darlings' in 1924. He said to fellow composer Stranvinsky: "... my ballet will have no subject – simply dances..." But what jazzy mayhem with a group of young people in a house party on a summer afternoon! Composer: Francis Poulenc Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier Recording date: 21 January 1999 Date of broadcast: 06 May 1999